Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Rubinius?
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It is an implementation of the
Ruby programming language.
- What license does Rubinius use?
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BSD. See the
LICENSE
file in the source code.
- Who contributes to Rubinius?
- See Community
- Does it run Rails?
- Yes.
- Does it run RubyGems?
- Yes.
- Does it run Rake?
- Maybe.
- Does it run the RubySpecs?
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Yes. See
The Rubinius Specs
- What platforms are supported?
- Various x86 and x86_64 systems, both in 32-bit and 64-bit mode. The main development platforms--and thereby the most stable--are x86 Mac OS X (Leopard usually), x86[_64] GNU/Linux (anything from Arch to Gentoo to Ubuntu) and x86[_64] *BSD (mainly FreeBSD).
- Does it run on Windows?
- Not yet, but it will eventually. If you are interested in helping, try compiling under Cygwin or MSys and report issues.
- Can I contribute?
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Yes, please do.
See Contributing